Imm-man-YAR-OK: n. Inupiat (polar Alaskan native) word for the 'Little People', spirits manifested as inexplicable lights you see on the tundra in polar winter; lights that you mustn't follow, lest they lead you into danger...

Sunday, May 2, 2010

More Checklists

Checklists for everything; for suit donning and suit doffing; for the communications system; for the electrical system; for the life-support system. Can't make a mistake. I have to clean my workspace, too; in the 60's, David Clark company seamstresses, who built the space program's pressure suits, cataloged every needle in their work area. Get with it, Cameron! A metal shaving in the wrong place today could be catastrophic a year from now.

Above, a mockup of the basic elements of the Life Support system for the first time integrated with the Flight Performance Indicators Panel. Good progress today. So 'simple' and yet so complex!

About Me

I'm an author and explorer writing about evolution and space exploration; I also build and test exploration technologies, from sailing vessels to Arctic sledges and, currently, space suits; see more at pacificspaceflight.com.